"Oh oh oh!!"
Princess Beatrix and Rosalía, like bystanders, helped create the atmosphere for the three Elemental Fairy, clapping their little hands enthusiastically.
"Pfft." Mavis covered her mouth behind Su Xi, struggling to suppress her laughter.
Su Xi felt a little embarrassed and asked, "Parrota, Rosalía, why aren't you with Little Su?"
"Little Su has to study, but we don't, so Little Su let us have free time." Parrota said, hands on her hips, as if not having to study was something to be very proud of.
Rosalía flew onto Su Xi's shoulder and said, "Little Su said we don't need to follow her around all day~"
"All right."
Perhaps Su Yu sensed the restless nature of the Elemental Fairy, so she didn't let them follow her around.
The group made a ruckus in Su Xi's room for a while before Kurumi and Su Yu arrived.
Then the group boarded the Beatrix Sacred Tree Leaf Boat and set off towards their destination.
The location was actually Emerald City, which collapsed more than a year ago.
Looking at the ruins that are now almost a primeval forest, Su Xi asked curiously, "Are there any adventure spots here?"
"No, no, the adventure isn't here, it's inside," Beatrix said, pointing to the depths of the ruins overgrown with plants.
Then he walked ahead, hands on his hips, and said, "Today I am the captain of the Elf Adventure Team, and you all have to listen to me."
"Oh!!"
Su Yu happily ran to the four Elemental Fairy and joined in the commotion. At seven years old, she was only a little taller than the Elemental Fairy, but she didn't look particularly out of place.
"Oh, then we'll listen to the little princess today~" Kurumi smiled, her eyes crinkling with affection.
Mavis leaned nervously close to Su Xi's ear and said, "Let me tell you, Kurumi's maternal instincts are really strong right now. Be careful, she might start treating you like a little darling too."
"Ah?"
Su Xi looked at Kurumi with a bit of confusion. Apart from her gentle smile, there seemed to be nothing special about her.
"Sigh, you don't have those memories, so you definitely can't understand Kurumi's mentality. Don't worry, I can't understand it either," Mavis pouted.
"Xiao Yu is really troublesome. She comes over every day to steal my game console and snacks, saying it's for my own good. But Kurumi even stands up for her. Ugh, I'm so annoyed."
Su Xi: "..."
My sister, isn't Xiao Yu your daughter?
She's not your childhood friend...
The way you're talking makes it sound like your childhood sweetheart stole something from you, and your parents are going to side with the childhood sweetheart...
Su Xi didn't know how to describe the changes in the two people for a moment.
Speechless, I gaze at the sky.
They stepped onto a secluded path, passed through a dense forest, where sunlight dappled the ground and a gentle breeze rustled through the leaves. The four Elemental Fairy, Su Yu, followed neatly behind Beatrix, while Kurumi Mavis, and Su Xi followed behind.
It was as if they weren't going on an adventure, but rather on a spring outing.
After walking for a short while, the group came to a patch of dense vines.
The vines here grow in circles, forming a huge, round vine ball. The place where they are standing is where the vine ball has sunk inward, creating a strange entrance.
"How strange, how could the vines grow like this?" Su Xi whispered.
Kurumi heard this and laughed, "This is a game world, what's so strange about looking like this? This isn't the starry sky anymore~"
"Well..."
At this moment, Princess Beatrix stopped happily and looked at the crowd behind her. "Destination, reached!"
"This is the place we're about to enter for our adventure! My companions, be careful! What follows is an exciting adventure!"
Clearly, she was embracing not only the role of captain, but also the role of an adventure chronicler.
After Beatrix finished speaking, she led everyone into the cave entrance.
In the blink of an eye, everyone had shrunk to a smaller size.
In short, they all appeared in a huge vine space, with vines under their feet so large that even if they held hands, they might not be able to encircle them.
I looked around.
These enormous vines are all coiled into a sphere, and inside the sphere, there are even more intricate vines.
Outside the vine ball was where they had just stood.
"As expected, Beatrix's adventure is very different from ordinary monster killing and questing. To complete this adventure, we need to find the rules."
The familiar shrunken form quickly reminded Su Xi of the game "The Great Adventure of Beatrix (Part Two)," where the vegetables and rabbits were invincible, and only by finding certain rules could one pass the game.
"This is actually a game called Dreamland, built by special creatures. They are invincible in this space, like the Rabbit Fairy we encountered before," Mavis replied immediately.
She loved studying the rules of games the most.
"Huh, you know that?" Su Xi looked at it curiously.
Mavis rolled her eyes and said, "It's not like we're the only ones who've played this kind of game. These dream games appear randomly in the Yuan Continent, and many players have encountered them. According to Elysia, the purpose of this game is to increase the player's chances of defeating the Evil God."
"Oh."
Su Xi nodded in realization, understanding.
At that moment, as soon as they entered the space, Beatrix shouted, "Run!"
Before Su Xi and the other two adults could react, the little ones started running after Beatrix, with a rumbling sound behind them.
A dung beetle was running towards them, pushing a ball of dung.
"Holy crap..."
Dung beetles, pushing balls of dung, appeared everywhere on the giant vines.
At this moment, Princess Beatrix said, "We can't get hit by these dung balls, or we'll fall off the vines and our adventure will fail!"
The little ones responded with giggles and laughter, and Su Xi and her two companions started running after them.
"Waaaaah, the poop ball is going to hit us!" Parrota cried out in alarm, causing panic among the entire team.
It seemed that everyone could smell the stench emanating from the dung ball behind them.
"Stinky..."
"Waaaah, run!"
[Second Bullet]!
They couldn't outrun the dung beetle at their speed, which seems to be a game mechanic, so Kurumi made her move.
A bullet carrying red power struck the dung ball instantly, bringing it and the dung beetle to a near standstill.
The speed difference between the two sides widened instantly.
At this moment, the noisy fairy finally breathed a sigh of relief, and Su Yu took big strides with her short legs, her face turning bright red.
She thought she would smell a foul odor, so she hadn't dared to breathe. Kurumi said with amusement, "Xiao Yu, there's no foul odor. They're lying to you."
"Ah, Parrota, you lied to me!!"
Su Yu instantly became enraged and chased after Palata, attacking him.
However, ahead of everyone running, a dung beetle appeared, pushing a ball of dung.
"Wow, a poop ball is up there!"
(Thanks to Yuuken Ibuki for the extra chapter! I'll be adding another chapter tomorrow.)